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137- Small oviform vase with rounded lip, covered with a bright apple-green glaze
under which is a coarse crackle. This is supposed to be a unique example, and the
most faithful representation of the unripe apple ever produced in porcelain. Ming
period. Height 4 inches.

138. An oviform vase with receding foot and straight neck, covered with a fine

coral glaze. Kang-He period. Height 8 inches.

139. Long-necked bottle-shaped vase with bulbous body covered with a rich coral
glaze. Kang-He period. Height 6^ inches.

140. Long-necked bottle, the body oviform and receding towards the foot, which
again slightly expands; a very elegant form. Covered with a fine coral glaze. Kang-He
period. Height 8^ inches.

A141. melon-shaped vase, covered with a pistache-green glaze over a fine crackle.

Yung-Ching period. Height 8 inches.

A142. vase with elegantly proportioned oviform body, straight neck and slightly

expanding lip, decorated with a formal design of flowers and foliage in rice grain.

Believed to be the most important and finest known example of this type. Yung-

Ching period. Height 8| inches.

A143. long-necked globular bottle, covered with a deep red glaze, finely mottled.

Four character mark engraved under the glaze on the foot. Yung-Ching period.

Height 8J inches.

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